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BARK vs. DNUT, BBBY, ARKO, DDL, BWMX, ZKH, HNST, LE, SGU, and HVT.A

Should you be buying BARK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BARK include Krispy Kreme (DNUT), Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), ARKO (ARKO), Dingdong (Cayman) (DDL), Betterware de México, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (BWMX), ZKH Group (ZKH), Honest (HNST), Lands' End (LE), Star Group (SGU), and Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.

BARK vs. Its Competitors

Krispy Kreme (NASDAQ:DNUT) and BARK (NYSE:BARK) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, BARK had 15 more articles in the media than Krispy Kreme. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for BARK and 9 mentions for Krispy Kreme. Krispy Kreme's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat BARK's score of 0.25 indicating that Krispy Kreme is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Krispy Kreme
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BARK
3 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

81.7% of Krispy Kreme shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of BARK shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Krispy Kreme shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of BARK shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Krispy Kreme presently has a consensus target price of $6.80, suggesting a potential upside of 118.30%. BARK has a consensus target price of $2.63, suggesting a potential upside of 217.03%. Given BARK's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BARK is more favorable than Krispy Kreme.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Krispy Kreme
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11
BARK
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

BARK has a net margin of -6.34% compared to Krispy Kreme's net margin of -29.33%. Krispy Kreme's return on equity of -5.55% beat BARK's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Krispy Kreme-29.33% -5.55% -1.98%
BARK -6.34%-15.32%-5.91%

Krispy Kreme has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BARK has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Krispy Kreme has higher revenue and earnings than BARK. BARK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Krispy Kreme, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Krispy Kreme$1.67B0.32$3.10M-$2.65-1.18
BARK$484.18M0.29-$32.88M-$0.17-4.87

Summary

Krispy Kreme beats BARK on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BARK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BARK vs. The Competition

MetricBARKCons Services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$140.66M$1.17B$8.35B$21.44B
Dividend YieldN/A3.65%3.01%3.49%
P/E Ratio-4.8752.8218.4629.81
Price / Sales0.291.275.1669.11
Price / CashN/A11.1414.9718.13
Price / Book1.4512.025.084.61
Net Income-$32.88M$29.07M$255.59M$998.80M
7 Day Performance-6.21%3.23%1.61%1.05%
1 Month Performance1.87%9.11%18.52%4.42%
1 Year Performance-51.86%-15.50%51.23%14.41%

BARK Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BARK
BARK
1.5834 of 5 stars
$0.83
-1.6%
$2.63
+217.0%
-51.4%$140.66M$484.18M-4.87640Analyst Upgrade
DNUT
Krispy Kreme
3.9452 of 5 stars
$3.15
-6.8%
$6.80
+115.9%
-73.4%$578.66M$1.67B-1.1921,000
BBBY
Bed Bath & Beyond
0.8185 of 5 stars
$10.28
+4.0%
$8.86
-13.8%
-9.7%$567.17M$1.39B-2.531,050
ARKO
ARKO
4.5089 of 5 stars
$5.05
+1.8%
$7.13
+41.1%
-20.0%$559.20M$8.73B63.1311,772Short Interest ↓
DDL
Dingdong (Cayman)
2.9534 of 5 stars
$2.25
+3.5%
N/A-23.7%$512.61M$3.21B10.693,120News Coverage
Positive News
BWMX
Betterware de México, S.A.P.I. de C.V.
N/A$13.70
flat
N/A-1.4%$511.24M$14.17B9.791,270Positive News
ZKH
ZKH Group
1.7303 of 5 stars
$2.87
+0.7%
$4.00
+39.4%
+2.4%$462.15M$1.20B-14.353,262
HNST
Honest
3.3845 of 5 stars
$4.02
+0.2%
$6.96
+73.1%
+2.3%$446.19M$378.34M80.42190Positive News
LE
Lands' End
0.9943 of 5 stars
$14.47
+0.5%
N/A+3.0%$438.81M$1.36B111.324,400Earnings Report
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SGU
Star Group
3.8998 of 5 stars
$11.73
-0.2%
N/A-3.2%$394.88M$1.77B8.893,039Positive News
HVT.A
Haverty Furniture Companies
N/A$23.93
+7.3%
N/A-8.0%$382.76M$722.90M20.812,840Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:BARK) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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